The Hound of the Baskervilles, written by Sir Arthur Conand Doyle and published for the first time in 1901, tells the story of the adventures lived by the characters, Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes regarding the mysteries of a cane left in their office and the subsequent discovery of the mystery behind the curse of the Baskervilles. Throughout the novel, Sir Conan Doyle uses different techniques that allow the reader not only to feel the adventure and experience everything with Watson, who is mainly telling all the events to Homes, but also feel with him the mystery surrounding the events at Baskervilles. Although filled with dialogue and emotion and even prejudice at some points, one of the things that calls to attention about the techniques used in the novel is the use of short sentences, followed sometimes longer ones, that lead the reader to almost become a detective like Watson, and try to guess the answers to the many mysteries being uncovered. In this particular excerpt from chapter 8, Watson uses a combination of questions and statements, some long, others much longer, which leads the reader to follow Watson´s train of thought and question with him the events that have taken place and the recounts of events given by the other characters. Correct answer then is B.